Happening today: Convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham faces court appearance in 1968 murder of young mother on Long Island.
Convicted serial killer Richard Cottingham will virtually appear in court Monday after being charged in the 1968 murder of a 23-year-old Long Island woman.
The young mother from New Hyde Park went shopping at the Green Acres Mall and never returned. Her body was later found bludgeoned and asphyxiated in the back seat of her car.
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